Scaling our data layer without headaches
Rating: 9 out of 10
April 28, 2021
NP
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4 years of experience
Starting at $1 per month per GB of storage above the included 20 GB
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What is IBM Cloudant?
Cloudant is an open source non-relational, distributed database service that requires zero-configuration. It's based on the Apache-backed CouchDB project and the creator of the open source BigCouch project. Cloudant's service provides integrated data management, search, and analytics engine designed for web…
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IBM Cloudant - Great for your organization!
Rating: 7 out of 10
March 6, 2024I have primarily used [IBM] Cloudant to facilitate academic and non-profit research.
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Employee
5 years of experienceOutstanding Services and products!!!
Rating: 10 out of 10
August 28, 2023Software development and cloud storage from IBM
Happily moved back to cloudant after hosting my own couchdb for a few years.
Rating: 10 out of 10
March 14, 2023I recommend everyone who evaluated ibm cloudant in the past years since the cloudant aquisition and decided against it due to reliability and maturity of ibm cloud to revisit ...
My words on IBM cloudant
Rating: 10 out of 10
November 9, 2022I used the ibm cloudant database to store the data, actually i want to store the data in nosql and cloudant is a no sql database, So its resoved my data storage issue. We can ...
Cloudant – I Use It With My Erlang Stack
Rating: 10 out of 10
August 2, 2022I use Cloudant like I use Couchdb. Each user has a database and I like the ease of use with authentication as well as falling back on Couchdb defaults if wanting to do so. I d...
A simple database with fully-featured GUI, "just works" scaling and replication, and straightforward pricing
Rating: 8 out of 10
July 17, 2022We used the IBM Cloudant in two scenarios: One, for a simple place to persist text to be displayed in a chatbot that played nicely with the rest of our IBM Cloud stack, partic...
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General Manager
1 year of experienceIBM Cloudant review
Rating: 8 out of 10
September 22, 2021Our department uses IBM Cloudant as a distributed NoSQL database solution for web-based applications. IBM Cloudant allows rapid writes of unstructured JSON data received on a ...
Jagmeet singh
Team Lead - Information Technology
Software Developer
HCL Technologies
1 year of experienceIBM Cloudant is the best hosted CouchDB out there
Rating: 10 out of 10
July 18, 2021Our organization uses IBM Cloudant as a distributed NoSQL database solution for implementation on client applications in the Internet of Things space. IBM Cloudant allows rapi...
Ramindu Deshapriya
Team Lead - Information Technology
Lead Consultant - Technology
Virtusa
4 years of experienceIBM Cloudant - Great For Mobile and Web Based Applications
Rating: 9 out of 10
June 24, 2021We use IBM Cloudant for the hospital mobile health application. We also use IBM Cloudant as our primary database backup system and I can say everything has been working well. ...
Paul Daniels
Team Lead - Information Technology
Information Technology Manager
Gorgeous Smiles Dental
4 years of experienceGreat advantages and simplicity of deployment. It is as I would summarize the Cloudant service from IBM.
Rating: 10 out of 10
May 30, 2021IBM Cloudant is used to have a central repository of clients' databases to which information generated in different branches that have local Couchdb deployments arrivals. In t...
Jerry Ebherson Sanchez Aguado
Project Manager - Information Technology
Gestión de proyectos
INS INGENIERIA
1 year of experienceGreat experience with Cloudant
Rating: 10 out of 10
April 29, 2021To deploy an application with continuous delivery using NodeJS and Cloudant in IBM cloud. The entire organization of almost 1000 people has used these services to develop and ...
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Consultant
2 years of experienceScaling our data layer without headaches
Rating: 9 out of 10
April 28, 2021Cloudant allows us to scale our data layer without worrying about the operations side of things to manage such a big cluster. Cloudant is the main database system for our comp...
Win-Win for IBM Cloud
Rating: 9 out of 10
April 18, 2021We were using IBM Cloudant as our cloud storage platform for a project where we were collecting real-time environmental data. Later, we used this raw data for data manipulatio...
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Engineer
1 year of experienceI like it, but not quite sure I love it
Rating: 7 out of 10
March 27, 2021We use Cloudant to store production data used in analytics/machine learning models. We run an agricultural management platform to help farmers improve efficiency and reduce ri...
Cloudant the best companion to IBM Blockchain Platform
Rating: 9 out of 10
November 22, 2020We use Cloudant for replicate data from our Blockchain platform. With Cloudant we can make queries and reports for our managers that want to see how the transactions in blockc...
Cesar Martinez
Project Manager - Information Technology
Software Engineer
Banco Guayaquil
2 years of experience
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per month 100 reads/second ; 50 writes/second ; 5 global queries/second
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20 reads/second ; 10 writes/second ; 5 global queries / second ; 1 GB of storage capacity
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What is IBM Cloudant?
IBM Cloudant is a distributed database that is optimized for handling heavy workloads that are typical of large, fast-growing web and mobile apps. Available as an SLA-backed, fully managed IBM Cloud service, Cloudant elastically scales throughput and storage independently. Cloudant is also available as a downloadable on-premises installation, and its API and replication protocol are compatible with an open source ecosystem that includes CouchDB, PouchDB and libraries for the most popular web and mobile development stacks.
IBM Cloudant Features
NoSQL Databases Features
- Supported: Performance
- Supported: Availability
- Supported: Concurrency
- Supported: Security
- Supported: Scalability
- Supported: Data model flexibility
- Supported: Deployment model flexibility
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IBM Cloudant Technical Details
| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | No |
| Supported Languages | English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese/Brazil, Spanish, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional |
Frequently Asked Questions
Cloudant is an open source non-relational, distributed database service that requires zero-configuration. It's based on the Apache-backed CouchDB project and the creator of the open source BigCouch project.
Cloudant's service provides integrated data management, search, and analytics engine designed for web applications. Cloudant scales your database on the CouchDB framework and provides hosting, administrative tools, analytics and commercial support for CouchDB and BigCouch.
Cloudant is often considered part of a new generation of 'NoSQL' databases that don't require fixed table schemas and is challenging the dominance of traditional relational databases (including the popular MySQL).
Reviewers rate Concurrency and Data model flexibility highest, with a score of 9.9.
The most common users of IBM Cloudant are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Efficient Data Retrieval: Users have highlighted the ease of retrieving data for analysis as a key benefit, with many stating its importance. Reliable and Speedy Updates: Customers value staying updated with market changes due to the tool's reliability and speed, as mentioned by multiple reviewers. Excellent Customer Service: The efficient response time for bi-directional syncs and valuable statistics provided by Cloudant are appreciated by users in terms of decision-making. Smooth Integration Process: Users find the integration with Cloud Functions and a GUI designed for non-engineers positively mentioned, indicating its user-friendly approach. Advanced Data Storage Capabilities: Users praise the tool's indexing and data storage capabilities, emphasizing their satisfaction with this aspect of the service.
Billing Process: Users have found IBM Cloud Billing to be stringent and inflexible for certain markets and credit card providers, requiring additional company verification which could have been a smoother process. Some users have highlighted frustrations with the lengthy verification steps impacting their overall experience. Documentation Organization: Reviewers have mentioned that the documentation could benefit from better organization and updates, particularly in providing clearer details on features like fallback authentication. They also note a lack of detailed monitoring information, leading to confusion during usage. Programming Language Support: Some users have expressed concerns about limitations in support for languages such as Python, Perl, and R, indicating a need for improvement in this area. This limitation has hindered the seamless integration of different programming languages into the platform.
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Best for mobile
Rating: 10 out of 10
August 29, 2019
VP
Vetted Review
Verified User
2 years of experience
IBM Cloudant Experience
Rating: 9 out of 10
February 22, 2019
SS
Vetted Review
Verified User
3 years of experience
Cloudant is a great choice for DBaaS for mobile apps on multiple platforms and devices...
Rating: 10 out of 10
September 09, 2016
WW
Vetted Review
Verified User
2 years of experience
Flexible data transportation HUB without structure constraints
Rating: 10 out of 10
August 12, 2016
RG
Vetted Review
2 years of experience
Cloudant - Build more. Sleep more.
Rating: 9 out of 10
August 11, 2016
JS
Vetted Review
Verified User
2 years of experience
Cloudant: the best choice for my company
Rating: 10 out of 10
August 03, 2016
CE
Vetted Review
Verified User
2 years of experience
Short and sweet
Rating: 10 out of 10
August 01, 2016
KB
Vetted Review
Verified User
4 years of experience
If it fits your need, you'll never have problems or complaints.
Rating: 9 out of 10
July 29, 2016
BR
Vetted Review
Verified User
3 years of experience
I traded self-hosted for Cloudant
Rating: 10 out of 10
July 20, 2016
DB
Vetted Review
Verified User
4 years of experience
Cloudant - help you manage your cloud
Rating: 8 out of 10
July 19, 2016
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
1 year of experience
The best prices and easy from start to scale
Rating: 8 out of 10
January 13, 2016
PI
Vetted Review
Verified User
Looking for a product to build your search engine ? Welcome to Cloudant.
Rating: 9 out of 10
January 04, 2016
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
2 years of experience
6 months of Cloudant. So far so good ;)
Rating: 8 out of 10
January 04, 2016
DV
Vetted Review
Verified User
1 year of experience
Cloudant, great for ACRA
Rating: 9 out of 10
January 04, 2016
MA
Vetted Review
Verified User
1 year of experience
Cloundant Just Works! The best for us: The API.
Rating: 9 out of 10
January 04, 2016
JA
Vetted Review
Verified User
Cloudant DBaaS review
Rating: 7 out of 10
January 04, 2016
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
1 year of experience
Cloudant can give you headstart
Rating: 9 out of 10
December 17, 2015
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Vetted Review
Verified User
1 year of experience